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The FAIR principles were first drafted at an international scientific workshop in 2014, with the principles officially being published in 2016 (Wilkinson et al., 2016)[1]. Since then, the principles have received worldwide recognition and are been endorsed by international organisations including FORCE11, National Institutes of Health and the European Commission as an essential framework for sharing data and outputs in a way that will would maximise use and reuse.
The FAIR principles are designed to:
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Metadata from all available Surveys will have no access restrictions and will be considered open file are considered ‘open file’ unless otherwise negotiated. Individual data components (Raw L0, Processed L2, Published L3) or alternate formats for raw and processed Bathymetry, Backscatter and others data, however, may have embargoes, specialised licensing agreements or disclaimers, this information will be . This information is included in the Survey metadata to aid discovery , and provide contacts for seeking access.
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[1] Wilkinson, M., Dumontier, M., Aalbersberg, I. et al. The FAIR Guiding Principles for scientific data management and stewardship. Sci Data 3, 160018 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1038/sdata.2016.18